The little princess' mind was read, and the court and harem were eating melons

When Li Qingyi's voice appeared, the queen immediately looked down at her daughter.

She saw Li Qingyi with his head down, as if he was still playing with the Luban lock in his hand, and he didn't seem to be talking to anyone. Thinking of the message she had received before, she immediately looked up at the palace servants in the hall.

After the system's voice appeared, some palace servants showed some strange expressions, but at this moment, the queen's cold gaze swept over and suppressed the movement that was about to happen.

The palace maids were all terrified, but under the intimidation of the Queen, they still tensed their nerves and tried hard to maintain the apparent calm in the palace.

Fang Xin stood behind Li Qingyi and looked at the queen who turned back. There was surprise and worry in both of their eyes, but no fear.

Li Qingyi: [Wait, you said before that the maid switched the children, right? Then is this Concubine Liu still the legitimate daughter? ]

System 88: [Hey, of course not! ]

Li Qingyi: Hiss——

Queen:! ?

Li Qingyi: [Does Concubine Liu know who her biological mother is? ]

System 88: [I didn’t know it at first, but before Liu Fei entered your father’s backyard, her biological mother recognized her.]

The word "biological mother" made everyone who could hear this sentence feel confused at the moment, but considering the context, it did not affect their understanding of the meaning.

If so, the empress shall be so, and naturally so shall the emperor be so.

Yes, not long after Li Qingyi and Xiao Ba continued to eat melons, the emperor caught up with the excitement and heard everything about Concubine Liu's life story.

At this moment, the expression on the emperor's face, who was standing outside the door, kept changing, and his mood was hard to describe.

The emperor was not the kind of person who was greedy for beauty. In fact, he was a person who was more career-oriented. In addition, it had not been long since Taizu founded the country. Only a few decades had passed, and the country could not be said to be completely stable.

Under such circumstances, the emperor was preoccupied with stabilizing the country and solving border problems. He already had a talented prince and was not keen on the harem, so there were not many concubines in the harem.

In addition, because of the emperor's assassination, Concubine Liu was frightened and her fetus was unstable, and finally a stillbirth was born. The emperor still had some sympathy for her, so he conferred the title of Concubine Liu on her after he ascended the throne.

Otherwise, considering that Concubine Liu has no merits or faults and her father and brothers are both businessmen, it would be difficult for her to be made a concubine.

As a result, now that the emperor was told that Concubine Liu was not only a merchant's daughter, but her status as a legitimate daughter was stolen by her biological mother, one can imagine how he felt.

I understand the logic, but I still feel uncomfortable.

Li Qingyi: [I roughly know how Li Qi is related to the restoration of the country. Could it be that Concubine Liu's biological mother was mistaken for the princess? ]

[No, it was when Concubine Liu left home that she took away a jade pendant hidden by her biological mother. The jade pendant was a keepsake of the princess, and only the royal family had it. Concubine Liu was illiterate, so she showed it off at a banquet, and someone with ulterior motives saw it.]

Li Qingyi: […No, they have lost their country, and they still think that the royal jade pendant will not be taken by others? ]

Before the system spoke, Li Qingyi answered himself: [Oh, I see. Those people didn't care whether they were of royal blood or not. They just thought there was an opportunity to take advantage of it.]

System 88: [Hmm? I don’t really understand this. I’m just a melon-eating system and can’t analyze the human psychology.]

The emperor tilted his head slightly and waved gently.

In the shadows, someone took orders and took action.

Li Qingyi was still eating melons inside: [So, this Concubine Liu and the so-called previous dynasty... Why is it not the previous dynasty but the previous previous dynasty? Anyway, Concubine Liu contacted the forces of the previous previous dynasty, allowing Li Qi to have contact with these people, and then Li Qi happened to know that he was not my father's child...]

[Let me guess, he doesn't think he is of royal blood from the previous dynasty, right? ]

System 88: [Correct! ]

Li Qingyi: ...

emperor:……

Queen:......

Just, it's hard to comment.

Li Qingyi: [So I said Li Qi is a fool. ]

System 88: [Hey, hey.]

Hearing this, the emperor who was eavesdropping outside twitched his mouth and wondered: Li Qingyi and Li Qi had only met a few times, so how come Li Qi left such an impression on her?

In the past few years, because Li Qingyi's performance was obviously different from that of ordinary babies, and she had long been apart from ordinary babies in terms of IQ, no one could fool her since she opened her eyes, so the emperor and empress did not let Li Qingyi have too much contact with other people in order to protect her.

The second prince is naturally considered an “outsider”.

All in all, the only contact between Li Qingyi and Li Qi should have been a few family dinners, and the two should not have had close contact at that time.

The emperor found it amazing.

System 88: [I don't really understand you humans, but if you say the host is stupid, then he is stupid.]

System 88: [Anyway, when Concubine Liu was approached because of the jade pendant, she didn’t deny it when they asked her if she was the princess’s bloodline.]

【Then, people regarded Concubine Liu's son Li Qi as the royal bloodline of the previous dynasty. 】

[Li Qi also heard from other people that he was not the emperor's biological son. When the two pieces of information were combined, Li Qi was fooled.]

Li Qingyi was speechless: [It is terrible for a person who is not smart but thinks he is smart. He must have set a revenge script for himself. ]

System 88: [Yes, he teamed up with those people and did a lot of things secretly. On the surface, he was polite and respectful to the prince, but in fact he bribed a young eunuch in the prince's East Palace kitchen and wanted to poison the prince.]

[According to the plan discussed by Li Qi and his friends, after the Crown Prince died of poisoning, the Emperor would definitely be affected, and then the Second Prince would try his best to perform well. It would be best if he could inherit the throne directly from the Emperor. Otherwise, they would raise an army to revolt and overthrow the country.]

[There is no need to bother with the troops. Last May, there was a heavy rain in Longxi, which is now called Gongchang Prefecture, and more than 500 households were drowned.]

[It was not just Gongchang Prefecture. Last year, major floods occurred all over the country. In April, Yunnan Prefecture and in May, major floods occurred in Gongchang Prefecture.]

[From June to July, floods were particularly severe in Shandong and northern Zhili. In June, heavy rains hit more than 20 counties in Shandong, and prolonged rains caused disasters in more than ten counties including Jiyin and Ande...]

System 88 reported a long list of disaster situations, all of which happened from last year to this year. Li Qingyi felt increasingly bad after hearing this, and he frowned unconsciously.

Li Qingyi: [Did the imperial court provide disaster relief? ]

Outside the house, the emperor heard this and smiled bitterly.

System 88: [Well, how can I put it? I can only say that the court has done its best.]

Li Qingyi was stunned for a moment, but soon figured it out.

Li Qingyi: [I understand. My father is poor.]

Emperor & Queen: ...Kid, there's no need to be so straightforward about some things.